It’s basically a big patch of floating rubbish in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, but what is it made of and how did it get there?
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What exactly is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
Plastic futures
Our love affair with plastic seems to know no bounds and isn’t stopping.
Having our cake (and eating it too)
Let us be in no doubt, food production and processing is in the midst of the biggest change since the industrial revolution.
Go on – eat an alien
Kirsha Kaechele, an American artist and curator, has bought us an interesting concept in ‘Eat the problem‘.
So what is it?
Alternative protein sources
I was recently at the Global Food Summit – Seeds and Chips – in Milan, and surprised to see that out of the 350 or so startups exhibiting there, about a quarter were profiling some sort of alternative protein source.
Protein is the new black
We are starting to see some pretty interesting dietary trends that aim to lower our meat consumption, but they are not based on the traditional ethical or health grounds, but now on environmental and climate impact grounds.
Prof Andy Lowe 